In Picton for the next three nights, then I will be saying goodbye to mama, and heading to the North Island all by me onesy. I'm happy to be staying here for a few days. When I'm on my own I think I will be taking it slower, spending a little more time in the cities I go to. From what I hear, Wellington is a really great city with lots to do, so I'm excited to explore there. It will be so weird to be in a big city. The biggest city I've been to is Nelson, and it really wasn't much. But that's still a few days away.
For now, I'm in tiny Picton. We left Kiakoura this morning after stopping in town one last time, and making a short stop at the end of the Kiakoura Penninsula where there was a seal colony, supposedly. We didn't see any seals, but the rocky shore was neat to see. A different terrain.
When we got to Picton there was an arts and crafts market going on the waterfront. They were set up just for today because there was a cruise ship that came in today. The city itself is a lot like the other towns I've been to here, but the setting is different. Beautiful hills and green right on the water. We found our hostel just outside the town centre, next to the Picton cemetery - Tombstone Backpackers. From the outside, nothing extraordinary, but inside it's the most luxurious hostel I've ever seen! (And I've stayed at eleven so far.) this place has free hot breakfast, big tv, outdoor eating, pool table, exercise machines, hot tub, free Internet.. And our room is a 3 person en suite, with towels and soap and nice sheets.. the works. How am I going to go back to the crappy hostels?! Mom is glad that she gets to go out on a high note.
We spent our afternoon here watching the Academy Awards with some of the other guests. They were on at 3 pm here, because back home it was Sunday night. Weird. We were the only Americans of the group. The French people were rooting against Le Mis, which I thought was funny. And everyone dislikes Kristen Stewart. Watching tv kinda made me miss home! I haven't missed home very much, but for some reason it was the Oscars that got to me. Damn you, Hollywood.
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